feminine, common, and neuter gender. Group the sentences according to its gender noun. SILENT “E” age breathe bridge change clothes One hot day, an ant was searching for some water. After walking around for some time, she came to a spring. To reach the spring, she had to climb up a blade of grass.
While making her way up, she
slipped and fell into the water. She could have drowned if a dove up a nearby tree had not seen her. Seeing that the ant was in trouble, the dove quickly plucked a leaf and dropped it into the water near the struggling ant. The ant moved towards the leaf and climbed up onto it. Soon, the leaf drifted to dry ground, and the ant jumped out. She was safe at last. Just at that time, Mr. Jones a hunter nearby was about to kill the dove. Guessing what he was about to do, the ant quickly bite him on the heel. Feeling the pain, the hunter dropped his net. The dove was quick to fly away to safety. Classifying the Gender of Nouns Gender is the quality of a noun which indicates its sex. Masculine Gender indicates the male or boy gender Examples: Father Fisherman Examples: Sir Manuel Waiter Feminine Gender indicates the female or girl gender Examples: Sister Ms. Jane Examples: Waitress Queen Elizabeth Common Gender indicates that the noun is either male or female Examples: Classmate Reporter Examples: Teacher Nurse Neuter Gender indicates objects or nonliving things Examples: Bondpaper Basketball Examples: Paper Fisherman Masculine Feminine Common Neuter Gender Gender Gender Gender male female Either male Object or or female nonliving things Brother Sister Teacher Basketball Group 1: Determine the following sentences according to its sentence structure. Group 2: Circle the dependent clause and box the independent clause in the given sentences. Group 3: Draw what is being said on the sentences, and identify what kind of sentence structure are the following. Group 4: Define the three sentences structure. Group 5: Arrange the following sentences and match it to its type of sentence structure.